The rain and wind are howling outside as I type this. Ghastly UK winter weather? Yes. Global warming? Quite likely. God's punishment? I don't think so. If there is any direct divine reason for the present appalling conditions, I don't believe it to be God's punishment, it's God's tears for those who ignore the greatest commandments of all:

"'And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.' This is the first commandment. And the second, like it, is this: 'You shall love your neighbour as yourself.' There is no other commandment greater than these." Mark 12:30–31

Do you see anything in there about "except if your neighbour happens to love his own sex"? No, neither do I.

What's this blog about?

As the title says: random. My other blogs are slightly more purposeful: Working Order is my business (stuff management, organisation, decluttering); Tolstoy's Bicycle is an occasional celebration of stuff you're never too old to do; Rector's Wife Revamp relates to my ongoing struggles with health & fitness. This blog takes up the slack when I want to say something that doesn't fit anywhere else.